User:Taiwantaffy/Legislative Yuan
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The Legislative Yuan (Chinese: 立法院; pinyin: Lìfǎ Yuàn) is Taiwan's highest legislative body. It is a unicameral body with 113 members, responsible for – among other things – law making, declarations of war and peace, constitutional amendments, and approval of some presidential appointees. It is also able to impeach the president. Since the abolition of the National Assembly in 2005 the Legislative Yuan has often been referred to colloquially as Taiwan's "parliament" (Chinese: 國會; pinyin: Guóhuì). All members of the Legislative Yuan are directly elected by the Taiwanese people once every four years.
Legislative Yuan 立法院 Lìfǎ Yuàn | |
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9th Legislative Yuan | |
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Secretary-General | |
Structure | |
Seats | 113 (List) |
Political groups | ■ DPP (68) ■ KMT (35) ■ NPP (5) ■ PFP (3) ■ NPSU (1) ■ Independent (1) |
Elections | |
Last election | 16 January 2016 |
Meeting place | |
The Legislative Yuan in Taipei | |
Website | |
www.ly.gov.tw (in English) |
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Chinese | 立法院 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Law-establishing court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First convened in 1928 in Nanjing, China as an appointed chamber, the Legislative Yuan moved to Taiwan in 1949 after the Chinese Nationalists (Kuomintang) lost the Chinese civil war. As the government in Taipei still claimed to be the rightful rulers of China, the legislators who came over to Taiwan in 1949 were frozen in place, ostensibly until the Kuomintang could retake China and new elections could be held. In 1992 reforms were carried out to retire the "immortal legislators" and the Legislative Yuan became a fully elected body. In 2001 the Kuomintang lost its absolute majority for the first time, though it remained in power in coalition with other pan-blue unificationist parties. In the 2016 elections the Democratic Progressive Party gained a majority of seats, ending 92 years of Kuomintang control of the organization.